Major Ethical Philosophies

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  • Thales of Miletus
    624 BCE

    Thales of Miletus

    All of Nature had developed from one source (624–620 BCE).
  • Pythagoras
    570 BCE

    Pythagoras

    Pythagoras (570 BCE - 490 BCE) prescribed a highly structured way of life and espoused the doctrine of metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul after death into a new body, human or animal.
  • Heraclitus
    540 BCE

    Heraclitus

    Heraclitus (540 bce - 480 bce)
    \The world exists as a coherent system in which a change in one direction is ultimately balanced by a corresponding change in another.
  • Aristotle
    484 BCE

    Aristotle

    there must be a separate and unchanging being that is the source of all other beings
  • Socrates
    470 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates (470 - 399 BCE) no one does wrong voluntarily. Evil is the result of ignorance. If people knew what was the right thing to do they would do it. We always choose what we think is the best or good for us.
  • Plato
    429 BCE

    Plato

    Plato - (429 - 348BC)
    - Good action give strength to ourselves and inspire good action in others
  • Diogenes
    412 BCE

    Diogenes

    Diogenes (412 BC - 323 BC Though Diogenes himself lived in poverty, slept in public buildings, and begged his food, he did not insist that all men should live in the same way but merely intended to show that happiness and independence were possible even under reduced circumstances.